Archive : Sir William – 50 Years At The Control Of Jaguar
EVENING TIMES By Frankie McGowan Sir Williams Lyons successor will be F.R.W. England, his present deputy chairman. “I have gradually been delegating more and more work over the past two […]
EVENING TIMES By Frankie McGowan Sir Williams Lyons successor will be F.R.W. England, his present deputy chairman. “I have gradually been delegating more and more work over the past two […]
GLASGOW HERALD Bathgate Stewards Defy Union By James McKillop Despite warnings that the Bathgate plant of British Leyland is on the verge of closure, shop stewards were last night adamant […]
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent British Leyland failed in another attempt yesterday to end a seven week strike by 3,000 workers which has closed the company’s truck and […]
THE GUARDIAN New rise will give Triumph toolroom workers £47 a week By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Another agreement giving big pay increases to Midland car workers is expected […]
THE GUARDIAN 100,000 IDLE IN CAR TRADE By our Northern Labour Correspondent As the miners pay dispute moved nearer a settlement yesterday, the car industry had its worst working day […]
THE GUARDIAN JAGUAR SEEKS LARGER ELECTRICITY ALLOCATION By Geoffrey Whitely, Northern Labour correspondent Jaguar, whose Coventry car plant is one of many vehicle factories where production has been crippled by […]
British Leyland continued yesterday to be the worst affected group in the motor car sector, with more than 37,000 workers laid off out of a work force of 135,000. In […]
THE GUARDIAN THOUSANDS MADE IDLE AS THE POWER CUTS BEGIN TO BITE By Geoffrey Whiteley and Bernard Pratt Thousands of workers in car, engineering and textile firms, mostly in the […]
More car workers were laid off yesterday at British Leyland’s Longbridge, Birmingham, plant following the breakdown of talks to settle the week old strike by 1,000 assembly workers. Last night […]
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland Motors Corporation launches three new trucks for operating at the present United Kingdom maximum gross weight of 32 tons. They represent a […]
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is being made to pay dearly for its determination to replace piecework with a flat rate system of payment at Austin-Morris, Longbridge. […]
By Clifford Webb More British Leyland workers were laid off at Austin-Morris car plants in Birmingham yesterday bringing the total now idle as a result of a pay strike to […]
All production of Jaguar Cars in Coventry was halted yesterday and more than 2,000 workers made idle by a fresh walkout of clerical staff at the Browns Lane plant over […]
Meanwhile another 3,500 Scottish vehicle industry workers are still on strike at the British Leyland truck and tractor plant at Bathgate. They, too, are demanding a big pay increase and […]
DAILY MIRROR Where The Profit Isn’t So Sweet By Robert Head Mighty British Leyland, our biggest exporter, is less profitable than most of the tiny sweetshops around the corner. The […]
“Sir William’s success, and eminence in the motor industry are too self evident to require further words from me.” This was yesterday’s restrained eulogy from the boss, Lord Stokes. Self-evident […]
More than 1000 engine assemblers on the day and night shifts at the Austin- Morris factory of British Leyland at Longbridge, Birmingham, have accepted an interim settlement while talks go […]
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent A strike by 500 white collar workers brought car production to a standstill at British Leyland’s Jaguar works in Coventry last night. A second […]
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